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Les Nessman was the name of the newscaster on WKRP. Great, great episode, with the parody of the Hindenburg live broadcast. Our turkey hasn't hit the pavement, but just went into the oven. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

"Today, [the American voter] chooses his rulers as he buys bootleg whiskey, never knowing precisely what he is getting, only certain that it is not what it pretends to be." - H.L. Mencken

Of course, the paragraph above is based on a series of misstatements and verbal gaffes made by Barack Obama (I didn’t have enough time to do one for Joe Biden). YouTube links are provided just in case you doubt the accuracy of these all too human slips-of-the-tongue. If you can’t remember hearing about them, that’s because for the most part the media didn’t consider them newsworthy. I have no complaint about that. Everybody makes the occasional verbal gaffe – even news anchors. >>>

I had no idea that our Constitution was written 20 centuries ago. Or that Europe is a State. And who knew that Austrians speak 'Austrian'? I suppose that I should be more diligent with my breathalyzer .. err inhalator or whatever it is.